TABLE 1.
Correlation between four typing methods for S. aureus
| Typing method | % Correlation between patterns/profiles (correlation between clusters)
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFGE | MLST | MLVA | spa typing | |
| PFGE | - | - | - | - |
| MLST | 32.2 (49.1) | - | - | - |
| MLVA | 72.9 (64.4) (39.0)a | 44.1 (42.4) | - | - |
| spa typing | 42.4 (49.1) | 72.9 (66.1) | 62.7 (47.5) | - |
a
-, Concordance value referring to the comparison of PFGE and MLVA clusters, in which similarity cutoff levels of 92% and 77% were used in the two methods, respectively. In all other cases, comparisons were done with a PFGE cutoff of 75% and an MLVA cutoff of 70%.